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October 15, 2015

Coal Tit in flight.

Here in the West of England at least, the Coal Tit seem to be the common small tit species now and on the increase here…
October 15, 2015

Nuthatches in flight, a bit of success!

At last I had some success photographing Nuthatches in flight yesterday. I now know that the best way to get some good results is to…
October 13, 2015

Another try at small woodland birds in flight.

It was odd today because Nuthatches didn't come in to the feeder for the hour or so that the sun was shining…
October 13, 2015

Project to photograph Nuthatches and Great spotted Woodpecker in-flight coming along well.

Chaffinches are easier to photograph in flight than other birds because they tend to flutter over a feeding station. My efforts to photograph the…
October 11, 2015

A Great spotted Woodpecker

I have said numerous times on the blog over the last 6 years that it's very satisfying to plan something and get a result when…
October 10, 2015

Update from the new feeding station.

I went up to Haldon to check the feeders this afternoon and I was very pleased to see that Coal Tits are using them constantly.…
October 9, 2015

Siskins in flight, my best effort so far!

I have been taking a lot of interest in the Siskins that are using the feeders near to the visitors centre at Haldon Forest at…
October 8, 2015

Goldcrest – Regulus regulus

I am obsessive! At the moment my obsession is Goldcrest. I have seen quite a few this few days and photographed even more. Here is…
October 8, 2015

Siskins at Haldon

I went back to look for Crossbills yesterday but just as I suspected, it would be hard to get close to them now that the…
October 3, 2015

Crossbills and Goldcrest.

Male Crossbill I had a fantastic morning's birding this morning which was unexpected to be honest. I went back to look for Crossbills and Siskins…